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ISBN10: 0195173244, ISBN13: 9780195173246, [publisher: OUP USA] Softcover New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. [Fairford, GLOS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2004]
ISBN10: 0195173244, ISBN13: 9780195173246, [publisher: Oxford University Press, USA] Softcover New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. [Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2004]
Paperback / softback. New. Presents a history of modern physics, as seen through the lives of thirty men and women from the pantheon of physics such as Galileo, Albert Einstein, and Stephen Hawking. This title also offers portraits of their great moments of discovery, their bitter feuds, their relations with family and friends, their religious beliefs, and education. ISBN 0195173244 9780195173246 [GB]
OUP USA 8/12/2004 12: 00: 00 AM Softcover PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
ISBN10: 0195173244, ISBN13: 9780195173246, [publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, New York] Softcover Paperback. Here is a lively history of modern physics, as seen through the lives of thirty men and women from the pantheon of physics. William H. Cropper vividly portrays the life and accomplishments of such giants as Galileo and Isaac Newton, Marie Curie and Ernest Rutherford, Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr, right up to contemporary figures such as Richard Feynman, Murray Gell-Mann, and Stephen Hawking. We meet scientists--all geniuses--who could be gregarious, aloof,unpretentious, friendly, dogged, imperious, generous to colleagues or contentious rivals. As Cropper captures their personalities, he also offers vivid portraits of their great moments of discovery, theirbitter feuds, their relations with family and friends, their religious beliefs and education. In addition, Cropper has grouped these biographies by discipline--mechanics, thermodynamics, particle physics, and others--each section beginning with a historical overview. Thus in the section on quantum mechanics, readers can see how the work of Max Planck influenced Niels Bohr, and how Bohr in turn influenced Werner Heisenberg. Our understanding of the physical world has increaseddramatically in the last four centuries. With Great Physicists, readers can retrace the footsteps of the men and women who led the way. Here is a lively history of modern physics, as seen through the lives of thirty men and women ...
ISBN10: 0195173244, ISBN13: 9780195173246, [publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, New York] Softcover Paperback. Here is a lively history of modern physics, as seen through the lives of thirty men and women from the pantheon of physics. William H. Cropper vividly portrays the life and accomplishments of such giants as Galileo and Isaac Newton, Marie Curie and Ernest Rutherford, Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr, right up to contemporary figures such as Richard Feynman, Murray Gell-Mann, and Stephen Hawking. We meet scientists--all geniuses--who could be gregarious, aloof,unpretentious, friendly, dogged, imperious, generous to colleagues or contentious rivals. As Cropper captures their personalities, he also offers vivid portraits of their great moments of discovery, theirbitter feuds, their relations with family and friends, their religious beliefs and education. In addition, Cropper has grouped these biographies by discipline--mechanics, thermodynamics, particle physics, and others--each section beginning with a historical overview. Thus in the section on quantum mechanics, readers can see how the work of Max Planck influenced Niels Bohr, and how Bohr in turn influenced Werner Heisenberg. Our understanding of the physical world has increaseddramatically in the last four centuries. With Great Physicists, readers can retrace the footsteps of the men and women who led the way. Here is a lively history of modern physics, as seen through the lives of thirty men and women ...
Oxford University Press, Date: 2004-09-16. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2004. Oxford University Press ISBN 0195173244 9780195173246 [US]
ISBN10: 0195173244, ISBN13: 9780195173246, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Softcover [DH, SE, Spain] [Publication Year: 2004]
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